这是在我曾经就读的那所大学里流传的一个真实的故事。在那场黑白颠倒的政治运动中,一位中文系的老教授和一位音乐系的老教授同时被下放到非常偏僻的农场。他们每天的工作都一样,就是铡草。一年以后,那位中文系的老教授不堪生活的重负,含恨离开了人世。而那位音乐系的老教授仍然默默地铡草,劳动之余还要哼上几支曲子。 This is a true story circulating in the university I attended. In that black-and-white reversal of the political movement, an old professor in the Chinese Department and an old professor in the music department were simultaneously sent down to a very remote farm. Their work is the same every day, that is hay. A year later, the old professor of the Chinese Department was overwhelmed by the burden of life and hated the world. The old professor of the music department is still quietly grass, spare time to hum some songs.